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Oldham Road (Ashton)
(1861 - 1959)
The station opened on August 26 1861
when the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction
Railway (OA&GB) opened its line from Guide Bridge to Oldham
Clegg Street
The station was in a cutting on the east side of Oldham Road,
which crossed the railway on an overbridge, there were two
platforms connected by a footbridge, with single-storey station
buildings containing a booking office, ladies room, general
waiting room, station master's office and a porters' room on the
northern, up side, platform
In 1861, the station was served by eleven down trains and eight
up on weekdays, with five services each way on Sundays. By 1895,
the station had twenty three services each way with an extra one
on Saturdays. there were eleven services each way on Sundays
The passenger station closed on May 4 1959 following the
withdrawal of passenger services on the line
The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods
including livestock and it had a brick built two-storey
warehouse, with two tracks running through it, that opened in
1878. The yard was equipped with a ten-ton crane but goods
services were withdrawn on June 20 1966
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